Trump says to meet with North Korea's Kim on June 12 in Singapore

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the United States and North Korea will meet for the first time when President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un hold a summit on June 12 in Singapore where the U.S. side will try to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. The two men - whose countries are still technically at war - exchanged fiery rhetoric last year over North Korea’s attempts to build a nuclear weapon that could reach the United States. But tensions have since eased greatly, starting around the time of the North’s participation in the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February. “The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!” Trump wrote on Twitter. His announcement came just hours after three Americans who had been held prisoner in North Kore...